Area Representative: Prof. Mariana Dutra
The area conducts fundamental research on the structure of matter and the fundamental interactions of nature, spanning topics from atomic nuclei and hadrons to elementary particles, compact stars, and the Universe on the largest scales. Research activities integrate theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches in nuclear and quark matter, hadronic physics, astrophysics, cosmology, gravitation, particle physics, experimental neutrino physics, and astroparticle physics.
Research Topics:
- Nuclear and Quark Matter, Hadronic Structure and Dynamics
- Relativistic and non-relativistic models for the description of nuclei and hadrons
- Nuclear matter and finite nuclei
- Phase transitions in nuclear matter
- Hadron–quark phase transition
- Particle phenomenology
- Pairing, nucleon–nucleon correlations, and collective excitations in finite nuclei, including nuclear deformation and nuclear matter
- Exotic nuclei and few-body systems
- Multiple scattering
- Formation and decay of compound nuclei
- Fragmentation reactions
- Coulomb excitation
- Nuclear reactions involving nuclei, heavy ions, and exotic nuclei
- Few-body nuclear data
- Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Gravitation
- Phase transition phenomena
- Nuclear astrophysics
- Cosmological models
- Detection and generation of gravitational waves
- Theoretical and Experimental Particle Physics
- Electroweak interactions
- Renormalization in quantum mechanics
- Experimental neutrino physics
- Astroparticle physics
Permanent Professors:
- Prof. Dr. Brett Vern Carlson (brett@ita.br): Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Reactions
- Prof. Dr. César Henrique Lenzi (chlenzi@ita.br): Astrophysics and Gravitation.
- Prof. Dr. Franciole Marinho (franciole@ita.br): Particle Physics and Experimental Neutrino Physics.
- Profª Dra Laura Paulucci (laura.paulucci@ita.br): Experimental Neutrino Physics and Astroparticles
- Prof. Dra. Mariana Dutra (marianad@ita.br): Hadronic and Nuclear Physics, Application in Astrophysics, and Dark Matter.
- Prof. Dr. Odilon Lourenço (odilon@ita.br): Hadronic and Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics, Dark Matter, and Quark Phenomenology.
- Prof. Dr. Pedro José Pompeia (pompeia@ita.br): Quantum Field Theory, Gravitation and Cosmology.
- Prof. Dr. Tobias Frederico (tobias@ita.br): Nuclear Structure, Nuclear Reactions, and Hadron Physics.
- Prof. Dr. Wayne Leonardo de Paula (wayne@ita.br): Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics.